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The subject says it.

I'm using VirtualBox 2.0.6 - but this has been a problem since I first started playing with VirtualBox about 6 months ago. I've even posted on it before, but nobody had an answer then. The host is Windows Vista Ultimate with all patches. The guest is Windows XP Pro, but that does not matter as this occurs even when the VM is not active. Basically, to use the Virtual Adapter, I need to bridge with my "real" adapter. When I do this, instantly I lose all incoming connections on my torrent client (on the host). As soon as I delete the bridge, all incoming traffic is accepted again.

Surely somebody else is having this problem? Or if not can we discuss your setup to see where I'm different?

Regards,
Ed.

Do you use DHCP addresses (meaning, automatic configuration) or static addresses? If you use DHCP, do you get the same IP every time? Did you forward certain ports for your torrent application to use to your IP address?

If all, or most, of the above is answered with 'yes', then you need to check your IP address and forwarding rules. They are likely to be different. Correct these errors (easiest is to use static addresses) and it should be running fine again.

Sasquatch wrote:Do you use DHCP addresses (meaning, automatic configuration) or static addresses? If you use DHCP, do you get the same IP every time? Did you forward certain ports for your torrent application to use to your IP address?

If all, or most, of the above is answered with 'yes', then you need to check your IP address and forwarding rules. They are likely to be different. Correct these errors (easiest is to use static addresses) and it should be running fine again.

I use static addresses on all PCs. All torrent traffic is forwarded to the PC in question.

However - I just checked the Virtual Adapter - and THAT is set to a Automatic. Do I need to make this static as well? I thought in bridging everything was simply repeated over both adapters so it wouldn't matter but I'm willing to try setting the virtual adapter to a static address if you think it might resolve the issue.

When you bridge a connection, the slave interfaces should not have a configuration option. If it does, then it's not a part of the bridge. That is easily checked, as it should be displayed in it's own section under the bridge.

I didn't realise it was like a slave system. The options I was referring to was when the Virtual Interface wasn't in bridge mode. So what you're basically saying is that that will not make a difference. My testing bears this out. It is definite though. Unbridged = no problem, bridged = no incoming Torrent connections on the host. Still don't know how to fix.